Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 28, 1883, Page 1

1 - Tha™ THE PLAIN TALK. To those Having 0ld and Malignant cases of Asthma, or who are Sufforing almont beyond Endurance from Catarrh, conghs, or colds, Lot us Earnestly, Candialy, and Truthfully Recommend the Immediate use of an eficient and Certain remedy—Thomas' Eclectrie oil. Incomparably superior $o anything of a Like nature, and Benefiting Unfailingly. You who Are in Need of reliet and can spare a Dollar or a half dollar, give it a Trlal; the Result will satisfy You that our statementa are not only correct but Very moderate. THIRTEENTH YEAR. i b i Hostotter's Stomach chfash v G LN‘E £ Bittors meets the re- !‘;-P' LELERRATED . quirements of the ra. ent provails. pertectly tablerem invigorates and vitall tional medical philos- ophy which at pres. It is o ure vege- y,embrac: ing the hroe proper. tios of apreventive, a tonic and an altera. Etive. It fortifes the body ayainst disease, re izen the torpid stomach and_liver, and effects a ealutary change in the entire sale by Perfoct e most nourishing diet for invalids Commended by Buning mothers Kesps in Bel fortho pamphlck . METCALF & €O., me-tudth- bstitute for Mother's and all Physicians. all climates, Sold by all druggists. 75 cents. b 41 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass. WELLS, RICHARDSON & CO'S IMPROVED BUTTER-COLOR A NEW DISCOVERY. {3 For several years wo have furnished the men of America with an excellent arti- s, "But by patient and sclentiflo s wo have Lmproved riow offer thisnew color as the beat in the world. 1t Will Not Color the Buttermilk. It ‘Wil Not Turn Rancid. It Is the Strongest, Brightest and Cheapest Color Made, d, while prepared in ofl, s 80 compotnd; thasitis mg;-n}u sforl tobecome raneld. BEWARE of mitations, and of e o Sedore tor they are Hable to become ‘rancidand spoil tho butter, &1t you cannot get tho ‘improved"” write us to know where and how o get it without extral WELLS, RICHARDSOX & €0., Rarltugtos, Vt. The Secret of the universal success of Brown’s Iron Bitters is sim- ply this: It is the best Iron preparation ever made; is compounded on thoroughly scientific, chemical and medicinal principles, and does just what is claimed for it—no more and no lcss, By thorough and rapid assimilation with the blood, it reaches every part of the system, healing, purifying and strengthening. Com- mencing at the foundation it builds up and restores lost health—in no other way can lasting benefit be obtained. 79 Dearborn Ave., Chicago, Nov. 7. I have been & great sufferer from avery weak stomach, heartburn, and dy.mla inits worstform. Nearly veryihing 1 ate gave mo distress, nd 1 could eat butlide, T have e everythingrecommendad, have taken the prescriptions of & doren physicians, but got no relief until I Took Brown's, Tron Bitters, T feel xone of the old troubles, and am a Bew man, | am. getliag moch aironger, and feel finsirate; 1 am = Falliocd sagiaeer, and now make my trips rly. Ican not say to0 much in praise of your wondere ful medicine, D, C, Mack, Brown’s IRoN BITTERS does not contain whiskey or alcohol, and will not blacken the teeth, or cause headache and constipation. It will cure dyspepsia, indi estion, heartburn, sleep- Efissness, dizziness, nervous debility, weakness, &c. Use only Brown's Iron Bitters made by Brown Chemical C red altimore, Crossed lisies and trade-uiark o8 wrappes. i v all it Eleotric Bult Cor. 168 Washiiig s out s ver | | | of $419,766 T | | Above Sionx City. Success—The Work of the Inter- nal Revenue Burcau for the Past Fiscal Year, CAPITAL NOTES, IMPROVING THE MISSOURI. WasHiNgrox, July 27.—Captain of En- gineers James B. Quinn has just made his annual report of work done during the last fiscal year i improving the Mis- souri river from Sioux City to Fort Ben- ton, and the Yellowstone river in Mon- tana and Dakota. On the Missouri river nothing was done below Bismarck, active operations having been limited to the improvement of the portion above that point and below Fort Benton. The ob- ject of the work was to secure sufficiently deep and unobstructed channel through difticult reaches to a commodate existing commerce in its pro- gress. The operations proved very satis- tactory to steamboat men and still better results are expected to follow continua- tion of the work. Capt. Quinn urges that ample appropriations be made for improveient of the Missouri river, which is navigable for 2,000 miles be- tween Sioux City and Fort Benton. He states that 32,000,000 pounds of freight were shipped by steamboat above Bis- marck the past year, although the im- provements had searcely begun, and says the possibilities of the Missouri river valley when the channel is suitably improved, partly admits of speculative exaggeration. The report sets forth the difticulty attending the construction of enduring improvement on the lower river and recommends the system of fol- lowing up the channel, little by little, and holding on to all that can be gained. During the past year $37,019 was ex- pended and ~ $39,500 is asked for the continuation of the work. The postmaster general has issued the following orders as_» mark of respect to the late Hon. Montgomery Blair, ex- postmaster general: ‘‘It is hereby di- rected that the postfoftice department building be draped in moruning for a pe- riod of thirty days from date; that the flag on the building be placed at half mast until after the burial of the de- ceased, and that the department be closed Monday, July 30, the day of his burial,” THE DEATH OF GEN. ORD. A general order was issued from the headquarters of the army to-day announc- ing the death of General Ord. TRADE DOLLARS. Preston, acting director of the mint, directed that no mecting charges be im- posed on trade ‘dollars deposited at, the mints, on account of sale of silver bullion. INTERNAL REVENUE OPERATIONS, The commissioner of internal revenue has written a letter to Secretary Folger in regard to the operations'of his oftice, in which hesays: ‘“‘Thave the honor to report that the offices of all the collectors of internal revenue districts, 126 in num- ber, were carefully examined before the close of the last fiscal year, ending June 30, 1883. The entire collections of inter- nal revenue for that year, amounting to $144,653,366, have mnot only been ac- counted for, but paid into the treasury of the United States. My predecessor., Hon. Green B. Raum, in his report to you, dated July 26, 1882, made a statement which it may be not improper to repeat. He said, It is further my pleasant duty to report that during the past six fiscal years the sum of $738,831,071 has been collected from internal revenue taxation and paid into the treasury without any loss by defalcation. The expense of collection the last fiscal year, mcluding expenses of this office, will be found on the final adjustment not to exceed §5,- 180,300, or less than' three and a half per cent on the amount collected. The expense of collection for six years has been about $27,087,300, or 3 and 6-10 per cent. on the amount collected, This sum has been disbursed without loss to the government, notwithstanding material changes made in the law by act on con- gress the third of March, 1883; yet so large was the increusc of taxes de from distilled spirits, thut for the year ending June 30, 1883, there was collected $16,153,366 of internal revenue. The col- lection of this vast sum cost the government about £5,120,000, the percentage bemg threo and one-half, and the money was disbursed without any loss to the United States. It gives me pleasure to state that the report of collectors and internal revenue agents indicate not only a very satisfactory dition of the service as respects efficien- ¢y, but also that no combinations exist to defraud the government of its internal revenues, nor is it believed any impor ant efforts are making for illicit manufac- ture of either whisky, tobacco or cig Much praise is justly due the ofticers the service for the zeal and efliciency with which their very important duties are dischmged. The executive order of June 2b, 1883, directing the consolida- tion of revenue districts, is being exe- cuted as rapidly as the great labor of do- ing 8o will permit. 1t is to be hoped that in a few days, or weeks at most, the order will be made to take effect in nearly all the districts affected by it. Insomei stances, the matter will be necessarily delayed by difficulties incident to the execution of the new bonds required of each collector designated for the district as newly constructed, Your attention is respectfully called to the state- ment showing the receipts from various sources of internal Teve- nue during the past fiscal year, showing an increase or decreaso as com pared with the collections for 1882, The total receipts previously given show a decrease of §969,970 as compared with the receipts of 1882; total receipts of the ‘;rununt year from spirits, $74,368,775, being an increase of $4,495,367; total re- ceipts from tobacco, $42,104,260, being a decrease of §5,287,784; total receipts from fermented liquors, $16,900,615, an increase of $746,605; total receipts from banks and bankers not national, §8,748, - 994, a decrease of $1,604,464; total mis- collaneous rucuilnln, $7,430,731, a decrease here was an increase of ii‘lofi 973 on penalties and a decrease of $616,006 on bank checks, friction matches, and patent medicines. The Fifth 1lfinois (Peoria) district collected during the yeur $13,163,625; the First ed | linois, §9, 527; Fifth K Missouri, 86,200, o ; First & H 7; Third New York, Operations of the GOVENNMu, JGIICED | Sis st of Tiimots heds tho Tet. with €25,177,b25; New York returned 17,- 007,187, Ohio _returned $16,704,047; Pennsylvanin, $8,703,679; Missouri, The Difficulties of the Work and 1ts | $7,680,411; Towa, §4,062,720. The following is the estimated annual reduction of internal taxation under the act of March 3, 1883, on the basis of receipts for the past fiscal year: Estimated annual reduction of tax on capital nd deposits of banks and bankers, not national .. ... .8 b, On snuff, chewing and smoking to- baceo 5 On cigars On cigarettos Special taxes, peddlers, tobacco, and souff ufacturers and dealers in t oo Bank checks | Matches . Patent medicines and perfumery On capital and deposits of national banks . By 1l taxation . . 42,087,600 | | Representa- | THE HENNEPIN CANAL SCHEME, WasniNaron, July 27, tive-elect Murphy, of Tow the city for several days in the interest of the Hennepin canal scheéme, but states nothing can_be done pending the print- ing the engineer's report. Mr. Murph belioves that the people interested in the \provement of the Mississippi and building of the Hennepin canal should put both mensures before congress inde- pendent of the river and harbor bill. Mr., Murphy, in_speaking of the three routes suggested for the Hennepin camal, said the Rock Island is the only one feasible, and that while Meredosia and Watertown routes would be cheaper in consequence of construction, the former is impracti- cable because not on the line of com- merce and overflow could not be pre- vented, in addition to which transporta- tion from the south would have to go o, | the rapids about 46 miles and rail trans- portation would be cheaper. The same objections, he claims, apply to the Watertown route. y DEATH OF MONTGOMERY BLAIR. Hon. Montgomery Blair died at his residence at Silver Springs, this morn- ing. e ——— - POLITICAL NOTES. ADJOURNED. Bosrox, July 27.—The legislature ad- journed sine die to-day after a session of 206 days, the longest on record. CHANDLER'S PREDICTION, Coxcorp, N. H., July 27.—Secretary Chandler predicts the election of United States senator by Tuesday or Wednesduy next. CAMPBELL GOES, New York, July 27.—Comptroller Allan Campbell has resigned. Failing health and need of absolute rest is as- signed as the cause, The recent disclos- ures of defalcations®in ‘the finunce de- partment by a clerk, now dead, and the the newspaper articles thereon, are said to have aggravated the disease of the comptroller and precipitated his resigna- tion. Law and Lunacy. Sr. Louss, July 27.—The saloonkeep- ers’ protective association held a meeting this afternoon and almost unanimously adopted a resolution to disregard the Sunday law and keep their saloons open on Sunday. They also adopted a resolu- tion to expel any member of the associa- tion who took a different course. Mayor Ewing sent a communication to the city council to-night informing that body that their action looking to his im- peachment was unconstitutional, and that he doesn't propose to recognize or pay attention to any thing they do in that direction. The council proceeded, however, to trial at 1 o'clock, and was still in session in o wrangle between the majority and minority over the prelimi- naries. St Lout —A dispateh from | Kansas says heavy raing have fallen all over southern and central Kansas the past 86 hours which will insure the largest yield of corn ever known in the July 27. stat Oats also promises abundant. Many fields will yield over 100 bushels | per acre. Wheat also is exceeding ¢ pectations, Some fields are threshing out 42 bushels and a great many over 30 per acre. —— The Next Emcampment. DENVER, July 27 —The next national encampment of the Grand Army of the | Republic will be held at Minneapolis. | William Warner, of Iowa, was elected s nior vice commander in-chief and Wal H. Palwer, of California, junior vice commander. The surgeon general and chaplain were re-elected. The closing exercises of the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic tovk place at Vandervoort camp to-night. It consisted of music, parades, speeches and fireworks, The excursion through the maintains, ten- dered by the state of Colorado to the reg- ular delegates, leaves to-morrow morning and will occupy five days. The installa: tion ceremonies at the Grand opera house to-day were interesting. The speeches by the outgoing and incoming officers were enthusiastically received, The encampment was universally pro- nounced the most successful ever le(]. War on Mendicants, Arvantic Ciry, N, J,, July 28, —Thir- ty-six Italian boot blacks were arrested here and ordered to change their voca- |tion, They were arrested under the special law of the legislature, enacting ([ml no child under the age of 18 shall be alloyed to black boots, solicit aid, play musical instruments, or become mendi- | cants, etc. These boys, whose ages | range from b to 17 years, pay a license of | five dollars each to the city. The city is filled with Italians under the eontrol of padrones who compel them to bring in daily a stipulated sum or receive severe punishment. Twenty were lodged in a single room in one house. % | — Colliding with a Cow. Harmisuura, July 27.—Five cars and an engine on the Cumberland Valley railroad was wrecked. The cars were full of passengers yet no person was in- jured. ' The enginéer and firemen stuck to the engine and were thrown a consid- erable distance. The accident was caused g Strike s it Bfbets Clncinnati, » the Plags—An lnter. view with a Striker, Cincinnati Commercial{Gasatte. “Ball 0,000 | longation of t. 2 | the continued idleness ©f the striking | o | Brothethood, and the keaping up of the 100 | company of its efforts to transact its ow: 000 | business and the public's with such for 0,000 | a8 it has or can command outside of the | vanks of the strikers.. Of eourse the final 0,700 | A TRIBUTE TO BLAIR. | Western Union Tole »h company is concerned, the local in ations all point to -an' indetinite pro. ]n\ present, situation-—i. result will depend upom the course of | events in the countuy ab large, upon the Total annual reduction of internal | policy and needs of ¢he great moncy power behind the ration, and upon the endurance fidelity of the striking branch of ghe Knights of Labor to_ their pledges #o their order, has been in | But the thing locally whiek seemsto point | most positively to & I ntest is the fact that Superintendent M:'lor and Man- ager Page, of course speaking for the olpany, are yrumin::f permancnt em- ployment to the recruitsy and are now obtaining some excellent ones. night Superintendent Miller said that he and the other officers, who had assisted in operating, wore taking & good night's rest. “In fact,” said he, *'we are now #o fixed that we can have dur regular day and night forces,” he added. ““There is & portion of the public that sympathizes with the strikers. The rea- son for this is that they have only heard one side of the case. The telegraph company has as yet made no full state- ment for publication, but 1 am thinking of preparing a statement, showing the names of the Cimcinnati strikers, the amount of their lat month’s salaries and the number of hours of service. The public can then decide for themselves to what extent the ‘“monopoly” has crushed them,” During the morning the company post- ed the announcement that the receipts for the week, including two and one-half days of the strike, exceeded by $13 those of the same week in 1882, When the operators struck, one of the “‘check” boys, who require a good deal of technical knowledge, went out with them. Last night four out of the five remaining joined the Brotherhood. An incident, with a good deal of pathos in it, occurred in this conncction. Frank Kirk, a lad on the day force, was sent for, and told togo to work. Without ‘tact enough to claim that he was tired out or making excuse, he said he did not want to work in the place of the boys who Hhad struck. He was at once discharged afid paid off. The strikers’ committee su nded him, promised to take care of and prof- fered other comforts, buk tRY ypoor littls fellow could not restrain his tears at the thought of the good place lost, and prob- ably at the sorrow at home. Superintendent Miller did not know what the fourteen day check-boys would do, but felt sure of some of them. The préss camunittee of the Brother- hood reported substantially as follows: The situation at_strikers’ headquarters remains unchanged. The regular morn- ing and afternoon meetings were held at Druids’ hall and fully attended. Stirring addresses were made by prominent mem- bers of the Brotherhood, and elicited rounds of applause. The strikers feel more_encouraged than ever, and are bound to hold the fort. The most encouraging vorrespondence from their brothers throughout the United States and Canada is being re- ceived by every mail, and the greatest of enthusiasm continues to |n'uvui!f. Local clippings and editorials taken from the exchanges of other cities aro read daily, fully confirming the most en- couraging reports from these points, and use the strikers a great deal of amuse- | ment. ““Manager” Page's bulletin, which was placed before the public to-day, stating that the company's earnings here had in- creased $13 over those for the corre- sponding week ending July 21 last year, is looked upon by the strikers as one of the most ludicrons events of the strike, and one which will net fail to convince an over-confiding public that the mails have been freely resorted to in order to gain this point. Members of the Brotherhood say that the fight has not yet begun, as their con- duct has brought the whole weight of public opinion with them, and that they have peaceful measures not yet called into play, They claim that their power is greater than they have yet displayed, and hope the public, who are trying to help the strike by holding business back, will send in their business and demandits immediate transmission. They do not in any way seem to be in a hurry to go back to work, claiming that the vacation they are having is doing them great good, after their many years of confinement in close and overheated oftices. A TALK WITH A STRIKER. A Commercial Gazette man held a lengthy conversation with one ef the strikers yesterday. He was nsked to give his views of the situation in gener- al, and said substantially: ‘‘My time has been so much occupied with the work as- signed to me that I have not had a fair chance to read the newspapers thorough- ly, a8 we, like the public in general, have no other means of communicating with distant points except through the U, 8. mails and the press, and I am not pre- pared togive you a detailed account of our progressat other points. There have been thousands of mis- statements made in the papers by the telegraph company officials, the falsity of which is patent to every intelligent per- son, and we do not care to occupy much of your space in refuting them. Reporter—Has the claim that your de- mands are unreasonable any basis? Operator—No, sir. While it may seem to many that remuneration for Sunday work and an advance of 15 per cent. i extravagant, I wish to inform you that if this demand were acceded to it would re- quire five years' constant work at the ad- vanced rate of salary to regain one-half the money we have lost by reductions since 1870, Reporter—Will you please give me a point to substantiate that statement. Opr.—Yes, sir. When the strike of 1870 occurred, I was in the employ of the | by running over a cow. Loss, 820,000, | Western Union company taking press re- An lnterestinz'siml 0 the Telegraph It is but justice to all eonserned to say | | that, so far as the Last | OMAHA DaAILY BEE. | port in ¥ member of the Brotherhood remained | “loyal” to the company, when a requisi- tion was made upon Manager Ranney, at | Peoria, for one of his operators to go to | Omaha, Neb., whero the Western Union { were in great distress, 1 was selected and | refused to go, was threatened with dis- The Bulleting of Mankgers and the | charge, informed in the most abusive |manner that I could never work for the i\\'uuh-rn Union again, and for my own | | preservation was forced to take the strik | era’ place. My salary in Omaha was §12 | per month—the standard pay of every | operator in that office previous to the strike. Superintondent Hibbard, of the | wostern district, assured me that so long | as I proved a faithful, first-class work- | I man, 1 should reseive that amount. | Reporter— Did ho keep his promise! Operator—Certainly not. Most of the | strikers roturned at o sweeping reduction | | 6f 825 per month, and in a very short timo my salary was cut in a like manner, | From that time on, one reduction fol- {Towed anotheras rapidly as possible with.- |out precipitating another strike, until | | fully three-quarters of the best operators in the United States were forced to work |for an average salary of §54.43 per | month. Now, then, do you not see that | an advance of oven twenty-five per cent. would not re-imburse these men for the | systematic and merciless robbing that | they have submitted to ! Reporter—Do you believe there are a iflu(fivwnt number of operators to fill the strikers’ places | Operator—Emphatically, No. 1t is a | well known fact that previous to the | strike there were from fifteen to twenty- five first-class vacancies in every large office in the country, and the telegraph companies were uf.liged to accept the services of inexperienced operators and pay them more than they are worth. Now, if vacancies could not be filled at that time, how are they going to supply our places? Reporter—Will not the ‘“‘scabs” in time become proficient to injure you? Operator It would take a very long time, 1 know there are many “‘scabs,” as you call them, who can not apell dog, and it has taken all the first-class opera- tors I ever knew from two to five years to attain anything like perfection in the art. Here the operator was handed a letter from New York which gave an amusing specimen of “‘scab” work. A customer filed a message for transmission, address- ed to George H. Comstock, Orphan Asylum, Cleveland, O., which reached its destination after twenty-four hours de- lay, garbled in the following manner: Gre, lf’ Cimstick, or Phan A, Sylum, Cleveland, O. Said the oqerator: *‘This is, of course, an exceptionally bad ‘buil,’ but there are thousands of others being made evey day as bad if not worse, and more costly to the e The reporter remarked: This is said to be the most disastrous and general strike on record, except, perhaps, the great railrond struggle, and the precipi- tation of this calamity has cost the busi- ness community millions of dollars. Thousands of people not involved in your contest have suffered heavy losses, and it is the opinion of many profound thinkers that legislation is necessary to prevent such calamitios. Opr.—Now you are_trying to draw me out on mattgrs too weighty for my com- mon intellect, but I am sure the tele- graph companies should b liable to dam- ages at law for the injury to business caused by the strike. The value of our labor, like everything else, is to be de- termined by supply and demand, T think, and the question rests right here. We know that our places can not be supplied. for the workmen do not exist outside the Brotherhood, and all the tel- egraph officials know this, notwithstand- ing their silly bluffs about Im\'in;f‘ full forces of competent men. Why should we not be paid as well as carpenters, tailors, printers, masons, plasterers or any other artisans ! Finally, I can as- sure you that each and every striker knows his and her cause is just, that submission means ruin, for a class of workmen o poorly paid can not exist and suffer the merciless reductions which would surely follow their surrender. HUMORS OF THE SBTRI Among the striking operators is a con- stant source of amusement are the al- leged *‘bulls” of the new operators. Of course, the finer points are only under- stood by those with a full knowledge of the alphabet, but these are among the stories told: | “John H. House to-nigh dence. Leave | Henry, Chicago Burnet send word to my rosi- “w.oH It reached its destination: *‘Burn house to-night; send Ford to my re dence. Leave to-morrow.” The |'ucifwi- ent, thinking his brother “W A had suddenly been | of not knowing who ord” was, came on to Cincinnati on the first train to prevent further incendiarisms, where he was ena- bled, after much trouble, to find out what the matter was. A prominent clothing merchant tele- graphed a firm in New York from this city to *‘Express the thirty-five coats at once,” referring to part of an order re- maining uufilled for coats, size thirty- son, and five. The New York firm was_perplexed at receiving a demand to “Ex}nrunl the 35 cows at once,” and replied that they did not deal in cattle. A leading broker's never too legible fist wrote on a blank: “Use your own discretion in closing my deals.” Yo Chicago houso to whom the tole- ram was directed arestill cudjeling their hrains with: ©Upe four directions in chasing my dogs.” The Chicago house wittily responded: “We are willing to chase your dogs, but we havn’t agents enough to send to all the cardinal points of the compass. Please bo more explicit as to direction.” A wealthy bachelor resident of Walnut Hills, who 15 summering at Swampscott, telegraphed to some of his fellow bache lors here: ¥ “Open wy house and cireulate my wine."” Their consternation could only have been augmented had he been o Benedict, for the message reached ther “Open wy houso and circulate my wife !" Ong of the early morning sent by a broker dealers read: *‘Showing up west better than our fendest hopes. The country dealer read: nessages ) one of his country “Snowing | and as T was not a|up ter, then, our fondest hopes. LATEST FROM THE STRIKE. THE SITUATION AT CHICAGO, Ciicaco, July 27.—~Western Union officials report that business is moving well, and the circuits are generally clear. Four of the strikers, said to be among the best operators, returned to work to-day. Reports from the Brotherhood headquar- ters are to the effect that 20 men, who | have been at work, joined the strikers to- day; that encouraging reports continue to come in from overy diroction, and that financial aid is_being received from pri- vato sources and labor organizations, in- cluding $1,000 from the bricklayers’ union. MORE PROTESTS, New York, July 27.—The produce exchange adopted resolutions to notify the Western Union Telegraph company if tolegraph_ service is not uulm.fi the exchange will withdraw from its contract, and also to confor with other exchanges with a view of building a line of their own, CALL FOR A MEETING, INpIANArorts, July 27.—The board of trade appointed a committee to issue call for a meeting of reprosentatives of all boards of trade of the Mississippi val- 1.~¥. in this city, Tuosday next, to con- sider matters in connection with the tel- egraph strike and confer with officers of the Western Union. BIG BENEFIT. Bartivork, July 27.—A concert at the Grand Opora heuse for the beneflt tf the Brotherhood of telographers, in ohis city, realized 81,300, PHivAbELPuIA, July telephone company's linemen and inspec- tors have notified Manager Norton of their intention to strike at noon to-day. 27.—~The Bell THE CIGAR-MAKERS' DONATION, Kansas Ciry, July 27.-—The cigor- makers of this city have unanimously voted an individual assessment of 26 cents in aid of the striking telegraph operators, DESERTION IN CHICAGO. Crrcaao, July 27.—Fourof the strikers have roturned to their work, viz: Kinna- man, Reynolds, Horris and Dorr, and athers are applying for places. NEGOTIATING WITH THE B, & 0, New York, July 27.—At the head- quarters of the striking operators to-day it was said negotiations are now pending between the Brotherhood and the Balti- more & Ohio Telegraph company at Baltimore, to be concluded to-day. C— TELEGRAPH NOTES, The Denver Terra Cotta Works burnod yes- terday. Loss 28,000, insurance $11,000, J.m\l‘»h H. Wilkins, joint agent for the New York Central and Michigan Central and Erie tock Yarks, at Buffalo, is a defaulterin $5,000. Wilkins is missing. Indications: For the Mississippi valley, génerdlly fair weather, northerly winda wi riring barometer; stationary temperature in northern portion, and falling temperature in the southern port! For the Missouri val- ley fair weather, northerly winds with sta- tionary or rising barometer and temperature. The Ward Iron company of Niles and New Philadelphia, O., has }mlad. Liabilitics esti- maged at $300,000. Available assets said to be less than $5,000. The steamer Hankow, which carried 1,600 passengera from London to Hounolula, reports 55 children died of measles and whooping cough on the voyage. A fire at Colusa, Cal., yesterday destroyed £50,000 worth of property. A thunderstorm, accompanied by a heav: gale, burst over Toronto last night. Much damage was dome. A young lady named Nunden, boating on the biy, was drowned. Death of a Colored Porter. Drs Mornes, lowa, July 27.—A col- ored man named James Brown, a porter in an overland dining cnr, was attacked with hemorhage this afternoon while in conversation with a fellow ewploye. So rofuse was the bleeding that fully a gal- o5 ot ' blood Hlowed ! from"tho matarally wenk man. The patrol wagon was called and started with him for the hospital, but he died before reaching it. 1t is not known where his relatives reside. The Rock Island railroad will superintend bis funeral, SR sxico Ruptured Spain and GaLvestoN, Texas, July 27.—A Nows, Larodo. apocial wayi it waa foported in Monteroy last night that the Spanish minister has been recalled, and a serious rupture hetween the countrics possible, Spanish merchants of Monterey are ap- prehensive. While not anticipating war, 1| they look for serious commercial trouble. The matter is kept very quiet, but it is supposed to be§ caused by the Mexican repudiation of her Span- ish debt. l)flrlnllmfic rolations with France and England were recently resumed by the Mexican govern- ment on the basis of paying of the na- tional debt of both nations. Spain put in a demand at the same time but her claim was denied. Information that the minister was recalled leaked through the Spanish consul's office at Monterey . e s D “DustThou Art." WasuiNgron, Pa., July 27.—The body of Charles Meininger, of Cincinnati, ar- rived here this morning and was taken to the crematory. Religious exerciscs were held by Rev, Vass, of Cincinnati, after which the body was placed in the retort, — A Texas Blast, Gavveston, July 27.—Details of a storm Wednesday night, in the outskirts of Fort Worth, show it was disastrous throughout the southwest, Three men were injured, perhaps fatally; three buildings were blown from their founda- tions; a wind mill and three unfinished structures and u tent used as & hospital, were blown down, and sheds, warehouses and a number of residences damaged. — SeriNarieny, Mass, — The Daily Union makes the following public: **Our roporter in speaking with Mr. J. B, Weston, Supt. Car Works, Boston & Al- bany Railroad, was informed by him that he had rheumatism in the shoulder and could find no reliof until he applied the great pain-banisher, 8t. Jacobs Oil, THE PLAGUE'S PROGRESS. Rapid Strides of the Deadly Disease Toward Earope. Preo: tions Taken By the Govern- ments—That Cargo of Rags—Gen- eral Foreign News. THE CHOLERA. Loxvos, July 27.—The authorities here say they know nothing of any death from cholera in London docks. Lord Carlingford, president of the coun- cil, stated in the Lords this afternoon that the government had no intention to inforce quarantine against ships arriving at English ports, as it wnnLnugm im- ]mnmlhv to establish an absolute quaran- tine system, He said medical inspection would be adopted instead, Precautions have been taken at Glas- gow to prevent the introduction of cholera. Liverroor, July 27.—Mr. Packard, Amerioan oonatl’ Yore, has sppoiavea sk physician to inspect the passengers and cargo of all vessels bound for the United States. Packard has sent to Washington a dotailed dispatch concerning the ship- ment to Boston of rags received from Egypt. ALEXANDRIA, July 27, —Fifty-sixdeaths occurred at Ghiseh yesterday, 48 at Chi- bin, 20 at Mehalla, 30 at Tantah, 12 at Mansurah, and 25 at Kafrel Hamsea. Wasnixaron, July 27.—Surgeon-Gen- eral Hamilton has notified the hospital service along the Atlantic coast that sev- eral vessels from Europe, laden with rags, purchased in Egypt after_the chol- era appeared, are enroute to New York. THE CHOLERA IN LONDON. Loxvoy, July 27.-—The individual in London dock, who it is said has cholera, was taken ill Wednesday. A case of supposed cholera is reported from Wales. It oceurred at Llanfiyllin, and resulted in death in 24 hours after the victim was attacked. Another case, supposed to have been cholera, happened at Kensing- ton a few days ago. The victim, who was a drunkard, died two hours after he was taken ill. Officers of the local gov- ernment board do not believe that these isolated cases imply an outbreak of Asiatic cholera. gu\'ul'n] deaths occur from diseases at London weekly at this season of the year which are classified as cholera, but which ave difficult to distin- guish from aggravated diarrhea. There have been several hundred cases of the latter disease weekly this swummer, which in in excess of the average, GREAT ALLAH, SAVE US! ALEXANDRIA, July 27.—Great excite- ment prevails here over the prostration of the Khedive. He was stricken with cholera, and court physicians say that his condition. is critical. He only returned yesterday from Cairo, where he had made an inspection of the stricken city. THE DEATH RECORD, * ALEXANDRIA, July 27, The number of deaths from cholera at Cairo, yumrdaz, was 311, A British lieutenant and eight soldiers succumbed to the disease. GENERAL FORKIGN NEWS. LoxpoN, July 27.—In the coramons last night a motion by Onslow,.conserva- tive, expressing regret that part of the cost of the i}gyptinm war has been charged t, India, was rejected—210 to 06. Before the vote was taken, Glad- stone explained that if the motion was adopted the government would resign, adding (aside) that he did not know whether he should personally re- rot it if the wmotion was passed. The remark caused much comment. ALEXANDIIA, July 27.—The ravages of the cotton worm and the rapid rise of the Nile cause great anxiety here, Panis, July 27.—Figaro has advices from Tamatave by way of Adin that the British commander there demanded of the French that the state of seige be raised, but Admiral Pierre refused to comply. BeruN, July 27.--Prof. Putlitz, not Zuputlitz, as heretofore given, who killed himself after drawing the death lot in the so-called American duel, refused to fight the duel in the ordinary way be- cuuse his antagonist was short uigf;md. His death has attracted serious attention to the dueling mania. £ In the Jewish trial at Nyoreghyhaz, Hungary, the public prosecutor said there was no ground for ?urther criminal proceeding against the prisoners and left the latter in the hands of the court. e — A Storm Beaten Region. Correspondence of the Bxx. SeriNe Oreex, Neb,, July 26.—The past week has been one of extreme heat and south winds, drying the ground very fast. We begin to want rain. In the storm stricken belt, a part of the oats and barley have been harvested and a part abandoned. Corn will not make one- fourth of & cr';w‘p. Outside of the track of the storm, which was long but fortunate- y narrow, corn holds its own nicely, but will need a good deal of rain. Spring wheat is pretty good, oats fair, barle poor, potatoes fairly good, and hay ge —better than common. and MaLARA,,,. o o human race, Bowels costive, Sick ca ) aversion to l’: of tem o tviag Regloctod FTONE g man that (.3?:1«:‘ on the Liver, As no' PILLS Lave no equal. Thelr action on Kmnuy-mulsklnllllw'xmmmxu all impurities through these three * scave engers of the system," produoing iito:sound digestlon, vefruli stools h:' o skin anda vigorous body. CAUSE DO NAUSOS pi with daily worlk a or und are ‘I must confess,” he said, ‘that I was greatly surprisod at tho good results.’” o — Oold Water Sitrikers, Springfield Republican, vi‘ur onee wle have o great strike with the men able to appreciaty del and violence at their ‘t:nu value,